"lee zeldin mailer gives wrong deadline for absentee ballots." quote, a lee zeldin campaign mailer gives the wrong date to send in absentee ballots. that's 2016. now it is two years and four days later, and here, again, is the new reporting from that same paper from "newsday." i swear they only had to change one word in the headline. instead of lee zeldin may recall gives wrong deadline, it's "lee zeldin mailer uses wrong deadline for absentee ballots." for the second consecutive election, a lee zeldin mailer has the wrong deadline to return absentee ballots. and once again lee zeldin campaign said the wrong date. his democratic opponent gary ger chin's campaign said it targeted likely democratic voters in the district, such as college students. in 2016 you try to pull this off. you target democratic-leaning voters in your district and you try to trick them into voting late so their votes won't be counted, and you get caught and you say it was a mistake. oh, terribly sorry. we didn't mean that at all. and then two years later, you pull the exact

what do you do with the mailers? log on to abc7news.com/vote right now. you can watch your vote count in real time. we're going to keep the results up throughout the segment. they'll be coming up at the bottom of the screen. what do you do with them. recycle, skim through them. sa save. melanie woodrow is live with more. melanie? >> reporter: yeah. what do you do with them? that's the big question. i'll tell you the idea for this story came from our own mailboxes. so many brochures and flyers, we wanted to know who is printing them and where do they wind up. >> daily, we're probably shipping out 40,000 to 50,000 pounds much political mail. >> campaign broe smurs, postcards and flyers. he prints so much of it, the local post office gave them a nickname. >> they have said we're the kings of political mail. >> from the printing press to the post office to your mailbox. >> how much is too much? >> all these big flyers, little flyers. gobs and gobs of paper. >> do you read it? >> no. >> it's a waste of paper. >> i actually look it over. >>> i threw out. recycl

it was a huge shock when i saw the images of the mailer itself when i got home. i started hearing from constituents who were deeply upset. it's not something we thought was part of the american political conversation in 2018. >> cnn has reached out to your opponent to answer why he was doing this. he told "the washington post," "those wishing to display a graph graphic illustration is completely wrong. do you want to protect your wallet or make matt lesser your new state senator? so he says his intention was to attack your tax policies, thus all the fists of cash. do you believe him? >> no, i don't unfortunately. you know, there have been plenty of discussion about fiscal issues in this race, as there is all the time, but the difference in this particular mailer is that he photo shopped my face in a way that evokes unfortunately centuries of depictions targeting the jewish people that are really tied to some of the darkest moments of human history. so i don't know what lapse in judgment caused him to do that. i'm disappointed that he missed the opportunity to add

they send mailers that lie about my record on medicare. i have only been in office six months, i never voted to cut it and never will. i have been there for 6 months, keith has been there for 6 years and all these mailers so many of their tv commercials are about me. people don't like that. >> one thing you heard, is that a strategy among other republicans going forward? >> next team waters, much more about donald trump and a lot of rallies he has been holding in red states particularly where democratic senators are up for reelection, nancy pelosi, schumer, the trifecta is usually maxine waters, to rally the republican base, there is no when they like more than a california democrat, that will help his base turn out and make him angry. >> is he getting outside spending support from the in rcc and other republican groups? >> a lot of strategies from both sides have conceded this race is over. >> massachusetts is next where patrick is. hello. patrick in massachusetts, good morning, go ahead. >> caller: why are we speaking about the pharmaceu

mailers, those oversized post >>> have you had enough campaign mailers, those oversized postcards thatsent candidates and ballot propositions in clever or sometimes toxic phrases? wouldn't it be nice to see the candidates discuss issues in their own words? there have been countless debates for local races but a couple of biggies have gone missing. we have nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston here to explain, okay, this is interesting. no televised debates for u.s. senate nor for governor this year. how could that be? >> it's fascinating, isn't it? >> it is. >> but it's very serious. here we are, kira, the most populated state in the nation with the fifth largest economy in the world, and somehow no organized televised debates for either the u.s. senate or governor. the newsom and feinstein team bear the largest responsibility for this absence, in as much as front-runners, they potentially had the most to lose, but on a larger level, voters really have lost the most. >> what is it about televised debates that make them so important. we've covered them, sponsored them, aired them

what are you supposed to do with election mailers. >> flyers, gones and gobs and gb paper. do you read it? >> no. >> i actually look it over. >> it doesn't help me make my decision. >> it's a waste of paper. >> the idea for the story came from our own mailboxes. so many campaign flyers and brochures, we wondered who is printing them and where do they ultimately wind up? we found much of it at recycle central in san francisco. >> would it be better if there was less election mail? it would be nicer if there was a little less election mail. but there are no rules about that. >> the only rule they want you to follow are theirs. they want to make sure people are recycling postcards, envelopes, any form of paper including election mail. >>> the first amazon go may open in san francisco's financial district. according to property records, the online retail giant has approval from the city to install an amazon go electric sign at 300 california street. it replaces cashiers with a smartphone app. no word on when the store might open. >>> so i thought i was the ultimate disney fan,

they send mailers that lie about my record on medicare.again, which i've only been in office for six months. i've never voted to cut it and never will. but it's interesting. i've been there for six months. keith has been there for six years. and all of these mailers, so many of their tv commercials are about me. people don't like that. and i'm surprised that they think that's what people want. it doesn't help. people want to hear what we're for. and that's it. and make up their own mind and i hope we can campaign that way at least until election day. moderator: people talk about this all the time and we get questions into our newsroom about the tone and tenor. specifically about this race. i want you to take 15 seconds and look at one another and tell each other something you like or admire about one another. mr. rothfus, you're up first. rep. rothfus: you have a killer pace. for a guy like mr. lamb who had a very good education, to take that, and -- into the public service of our country and go into the marine jag corps is very commendabl

and it's me and mailer and he and i are talking and arguing. we heard a ruckus outside and will went to the window, all three of us. we looked out the window, a phalanx of cops had come down. they had held up michigan avenue at balboa. there was a line of cops here and this phalanx took off into grant park. where i had been the night before. just obnoxious, calling everyone names, calling the police names, insulting them, and these cops had had enough and they went in and just wailed on these demonstrators and protesters for 15 minutes with their clubs and pulling them into the paddy wagons. i had damn near been in that crowd. jose torres was cussing the cops. friend hunter thompson was there, as well. hunter thompson said richard nixon will be president of the united states because of those 15 minutes in front of the hilton hotel in chicago. and i think that's right. the picture out in the country was the cops fighting the demonstrators, the rioters and protesters and the cops beating them up. on the floor of the convention, abe -- saying, if

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i've been there 6 months, keith has been there 6 years and all of the mailers, tv commercials are aboutme, people don't like that and i'm surprised that they think that's what people want. it doesn't help, people want to hear what we are for and that's it and make up their own mind and i hope we can campaign that way at least during election day. >> we get questions in news room about the tone and tenure specifically about the race. i want you to take 15 seconds and look at one another and tell each other something you like add or admire about one another. mr. rothfus. >> you have a killer face and guy like mr. lamb who had a very good education to take that and in public service and go to the marines i think commendable, a lot of your folks who have graduated would not have done that, you get kudos for that. >> thank you, i just met someone this weekend who was a veteran in beaver county and had disability, got no attention, they called your office and you guys had it straighten out in 3 months, she was grateful, he was asking me why it takes congress to get involved in veterans claim

. >> i'm happy to hear him they send mailers that lying about the record on medicare. i've only been in office for six months. i've never voted to cut it and i never will. keith has been there for six years and all of these mailers, so many tv commercials are about me. people don't like that and i'm m surprised they think that's what people want. people want to hear what we are for and that date. i hope we can campaign that way until at least election day. between the candidates running for the governor of arkansas, the candidates incumbent republican hutchinson, jerry henderson and mark west. governor hutchinson has a lead in most polls in nuclear politics considers this a safe republican seat. from conway arkansas, this is one hour. >> major funding for election 2018 is provided by aarp arkansas. [applause] hello again, everyone. we conclude the debate here on the arkansas educational television network with the race for governor along with the three men on stage will be the chief executive officer of arkansas for the

it is surprising to see the lies that can we put in mailers. if i could use one as an example, this mailer was sent out by ann and said i took more than $50,000 in special interest group money. in fact, she had taken $3 million in special interest group money over her career. the hypocrisy and the craziness that goes in the political advertising. additional lies that have been told, i would eliminate social security and medicare. that is not something i stand for. i assure everybody that i would make sure people receive what they promise and what they paid into. >> ms. kirkpatrick, you have 30 seconds. ms. kirkpatrick: i am running a positive campaign. there are outside groups that may come in and run negative pieces. that is not me. if it doesn't say i approved it or i paid for it, it is not my ad. it is illegal for me to have anything to do with those outside ads. i want the viewers to know that unless it has my name on it, we are running only a positive campaign. >> time for follow-ups. -- joe ferguson has a follow-up. please indicate which

i can use when his example, this mailer was sent out by ann and nancy pelosi this is a took more than $50,000 and special interest group money. when in fact, ann had taken more than $3 million in special interest group money over her career as a politician. just the hypocrisy and the craziness that goes into political advertising. additional lies is that i would eliminate social security and medicare. it's actually not something i stand for. and i sure everybody that i would make sure that people receive what they were promised and what they paid into. >> thank you, ms. kirkpatrick, your 30 seconds. >> i'm running a positive campaign. now there are outside groups that may come in and run negative pieces against my opponent but that is not me. if it does not say i approved it, or i paid for it, it is not my ad. it's actually illegal for me to have anything to do with those outside ads that come in. i just want the viewer to know that and alyssa has my name on it, it is not my ad, we are running only a positive campaign. >> thank you.it is not time for follow-up. joe ferguson from the a

. >>> bank of america mailer leverage is downgrading three of the big home builders. the firm cut tollth bs. pulte and nvr from neutral ty bo lowing the 2018 '19 to e-s for h starts. shares at toll brothers finished higher poulty and nvr fell. the u.s. home construction etf was also lowe >>> alex barren jones us now to talk about his outlock or the home builders and housing market. he is founder and senior housing analyst with the housing research center. thanks for joining us tonight. >>> thank you, bill and sue great to be >> you were also -- you put a sell early -- you were early on the call with that. when you started to see home builders reduce provides. what were you looking at there. >> we were concerned, you know, that interest rates were rising a little bit too fast and the builders were a little too aggressive with the price increases earlier in theier. as you knowuys weigh the decision to buy a home based on payment. we started tsee that sales slowed down and that some builders moving into trd quarter were going to miss expectations. they started to get ore

muth, international mailers advisory group:>"we're concerned that us export prices will go up."ts an association of us exporters who say the postal treaty -- which includes nearly every country in the world -- facilitates international trade. "determines what dangerous goods can go through the mail and how those have to be handled. it sets the quality of service." muth says leaving the union creates a logistical nightmare for american exporters. cassidy says u-s membership is not necessarily over -- he hopes to renegotiate on better terms before the pull out is official. "so we have a year to fix it." in washington, im drew petrimoulx (catherine) the illegal shipment of drugs into the u-s is another area that could be affected... a bill recently passed by congress calls for stricter monitoring of packages entering the coiuntry. opponents of the presidents move here say that's going to be more difficult if the u.s. leaves the treaty. let's take a look outside right now... meteorologist anny hong joins us n

. >>> as the countdown to the election, a lot of mailers pile up and go to the recycling bin. so what do you do? go to abc7news.com and let us know. >> do you recycle them? 94% are saying they do. do you save them? results are at the bottom of your screen and voting is open now. >> want to say what you do? >> i always recycle. >> i skim while walking to go recycle. it's fast. you can keep voting while we go live to melanie woodrow, who joins us live from san francisco. are you a skimmer, melanie? >> reporter: on the spot, i skim a little. i peruse. i'll tell many campaign prbro sures and flyers, we wondered where do they wind up? >> we're shipping out daily 40,000 pounds of political pail. >> reporter: they print so much of it, the local post office gave them a nickname. >> they have said we're the kings of political mail. >> reporter: from the printing press to the post office to your mailbox. how much is too much? >> all these big flyers, little flyers, just gones of paper. >> do you read it? >> no. >> i look it over. >> maybe it helps your visibility, but it doesn't help me

that's why reading their mailers and we're sending out e-mail to frequently check environmental health website and contact san francisco 311. there is very -- two very, very important partnership was the city departments, office of economic workforce development, to make sure we're engaging our retailers and getting feedback. and then 311. so those two agencies are really beneficial in helping us to make sure that information is readily available and accessible to the retailer. also want to add that we're going to host listening sessions. i'll end this about the listening session. so, here's the project plan. so again, it's with partnership of the economic workforce development. we have been developing educational materials. we're hosting listening sessions. and we're conducting two phases of site visit. the first phase is an education and outreach to ensure that the retailers have received our fact sheet poster. and that fact sheet poster is given in the preferred language. and the second round of visit is through the health department staff conducting compliance checks. the listening

the total number is brought to between the latest mailers addressed to vice president joe biden and actor robert de niro. with the new mail bomb targets shifting from only political figures to outspoken critics of president trump. a former police officer turned security guard noticed a package that looked similar to others. but with these two bombs intended for vice president joe biden never leaving the postal center in maryland. they are calling for mindfulness in the midst of high anxiety. >> are all of us treating each other with respect. treating men and women in law enforcement with respect. reporter: authorities are warning civilians they need to be on high alert. none of those explosives reached their intended targets. but' of them were hand by civilians, so they are imploring people to be mindful of their packages. if it has oily stains, it should be reported immediately. blake: a former special agent in charge of the atf web atmosphere's also a current faculty member at the arizona university. when you look at these packages and try to find out who might be behind it, where did t

watchdog group demanding a full audit of congresswoman maxine waters's campaign over fundraising mailers legal and policy center says group supporting former los angeles mayor paid waters's committee $25,000 to include him. waters's daughter has to pay $750,000 for work on her campaign since 2004. rob: mexico's president-elect could legalizing drugs when he takes office. and blow might legalize medicinal opium in hopes of ending gang of violence in mexico. he is looking at paying farmers more money for corn to deter them from growing poppies which is profitable. he will be sworn in december 1st taking on mexico's violent gangs. jillian: going above the call of duty, police roll out the red carpet to escort a little boy to his final cancer treatment in maine. rob: william has been battling high-grade glioma for a year and his mom says he has big dreams. >> only given a year. here he is. rob: the police department calls william and inspiration and that he is. it is 36 after the hour. harassment becoming the new normal for gop lawmakers. >> we believe survivors. we believe survivors. jillia

the public and legal foundation accusing texas democrats of sending mailers to ineligible immigrants, application forms came filled out with boxes checked off saying the applicant was a us citizen. governor greg abbott calling for an investigation into the alleged crime last week. rob: the republican governor slamming a college professor for offering extra credit to students who vote for democratic senate candidate beto o'rourke, greg abbott saying people like this don't belong on the state payroll. number college officials giving no extra credit will be given and the professors post was not made on behalf of the college. o'rourke is trailing ted cruz by 7% in the latest poll. 25 after the hour. many democrats calling for open borders. >> i think we should get rid of ice. >> we need to re-examine ice and think about starting from scratch. rob: thousands of migrants marched with the us. is this a wake-up call for those on the left? coming up. >> you don't hear about the blue wave, you don't hear it so much. are you talking about the blue wave? jillian: campaigner in chief until the mid

they send mailers that lie about my record on medicare.'ve only been in office six months, i have never voted to cut it. i have been there six months, keith has been there six years. all of these mailers, so many of their commercials are about the. people don't like that. issues aside, but one thing you also heard besides nancy pelosi but maxine waters. is that also a strategy among southern republicans? guest: maxine waters you are here more from president trump in these rallies that he has been holding in red states, particularly where democratic senators are up for reelection. he will mention a low c, schumer, and then waters to rally up the republican base. there is no one they don't like more than a california democrat. roth when it comes to mr. plus, is he getting support from other groups? strategists have conceded that this race is pretty much over for him. host: massachusetts is next, patrick. good morning, go ahead. not speakingre we about the pharmaceutical companies that made 600% profit? meanwhile we are trying to get people's

the latest today, two more mailers addressed to joe biden were flagged to u.s. postal service offices, none of the packages reaching their intended targets. joe biden no longer has his mail screened by the secret service. and reviewing images from facilities were processed. >> in terms of tracking 600,000 postal employees looking for these packages. >> investigators opponent in on new york and florida, preliminary information suggesting those packages were sent from florida but all 10 are being dissected in quantico where they are scanning everything from dna and fingerprints to similarities in how they were built, questions remain on how many were operational and the nature of the power packed in with glass projectile's. it proved not to be dangerous but the bomb was live. all 10 bombs came from the same sender and in new york and across the country the search for the terrorist charges on. >> what we have seen in the last few days is an attack on media outlets, prominent public figures. to show very vividly that new york city takes these issues seriously. >> re

residents have already received mailers on the coming change. but many likely threw them away as junk mail or didn't understand their meaning. >> that's the impression that i got that it was affiliated with pg&e so how could it be better. >> reporter: at oakland's friday farmer's market we told pg&e customers that they can stay with pg&e or drop pg&e. >> as long as there's an alternative to what we're getting now, that's a absolutely good idea. >> reporer state law, pg&e customers will automatically become ebce customers if they don't take the initiative to opt out of ebce. >> actually, the option is important because partly because people don't pay attention. >> reporter: east bay community energy does have the legal right to charge each person who opts out $5 for the privilege of doing so. but the agency has decided to waive that fee entirely until the middle of next year. >> you can do it online. go to our call center, speak with a call center operator or automated calling system to opt out. >> reporter: ebce says it will sell you power for 1

he says you're putting propaganda mailers and u.s. newspapers.his week, the fbi director said that china is now the number one, the greatest counterintelligence threat the u.s. cases. are you engaged in trying to metal in the election of 2018 the way the russians did in 2016? >> the chinese media are learning from american media to use these means by commercial pages from newspapers. to make their views known or to cover what is happening here. this is normal practice for all of the media. >>chris: i want to turn to the trade war. president trump has imposed tariffs on $250 billion of chinese goods. your country has responded with tariffs on $110 billion of u.s. exports.here is president trump on the situation. >> we have tremendous potential to grow incredibly. when we get rid of these horrible, disgusting trade deals. with china. over the last 5-6 years, we've been losing 300-500 and billion dollars a year. billion. >>chris: i know you say the u.s. started it but at this point, whoever started it, or the u.s. and china engaged in a trade war? >

i don't know how many mailers you got in the last mayoral election, but hey, here i am, here's why you should consider voting for me. the inundation of special groups that only exist to prop up their person, that kind of thing, i think is bad for san francisco. i'm naive. i like politics. i think it's a great chance to learn from voters and be represented and do wonderful things for your community. it's like community service, but the amount of money that's spent on politics is ridiculous. i'm proud to run a grassroots campaign. i'm just going to be knocking on your door with a door happeninge hanger, and that's it. >> thank you very much. mr. murphy? >> yeah. our last candidate took over $200,000 associated with the real estate industry. in her second campaign, she ran unopposed and took $100,000 from the same people. that money obviously didn't buy votes, it bought access. i think it behooves voters to be informed and look at where the money's coming from in campaigns. the one that's run here is going to be well funded. my colleague, mr. mar, has a not for profit and can tap that net

another guy right after the massacre puts out a mailer describing or depicting his opponent as jewish guy holding a handful of money. the guy is jewish he's running against, right after the massacre. what is that about, congressman? >> i don't know. i can't -- again, i think you want me to come on and speak on behalf of the president and speak on behalf of everything that's said. i can't do that. i came in to politics to make a difference. i'm pointing out that all of it, we just have to move on and that includes the president. i love the president's policies. i like the policies of the administration, but the tone, we need him to be a comforter in chief in certain things -- >> but somebody's telling him different, congressman. i don't want you to speak for trump. if i thought you were speaking for trump, i wouldn't have had you on. >> i'm trying to make an effort, too. >> but somebody is giving him a different message than you're giving him. somebody is telling him you will win, keep fighting with the media, the base loves it, keep scaring about the migrants, you will win. you actual

that's why reading their mailers and we're sending out e-mail to frequently check environmental health website and contact san francisco 311. there is very -- two very, very important partnership was the city departments, office of economic workforce development, to make sure we're engaging our retailers and get

, 20%, and then unleashed this barrage at the very end and could dominate the air waves and slate mailers? what kind of impact could that give if we made the change? >> do we have the raw data? yes. i have not performed an analysis of this data to the level of providing the kind of information that you're talking about. i definitely could. that is something we could figure out, we could make a graph similar to what you see on page ten just showing expenditures, and that might give you an idea of where candidates do the bulk of their spending. it could also give you an idea of what kind of lag could potentially be caused in the i.e.c. raising. i would have to say, if i had to guess, it's not tremendous, the potential lag. i would guess that candidates would make the expenditures, and we would see it on their threshold reports, where they're discussing in increments of 10,000 for supervisorial candidates, and 50 for mayoral. we'd still see it, but we'd have to see the activity and adjust it, so there would be a 24 to 48 hour lag. i would guess if we were to plat candidate expenditures, we w

residents have already received mailers on the coming change. but many likely threw them away as junk mail or didn't understand their meaning. >> that's the impression that i got that it was affiliated with pg&e so how could it be better. >> reporter: at oakland's friday farmer's market we told pg&e customers that they can stay with pg&e or drop pg&e. >> as long as there's an alternative to what we're getting now, that's a absolutely good idea. >> reporter: under state law, pg&e customers will automatically become ebce customers if they don't take the initiative to opt out of ebce. >> actually, the option is important because partly because people don't pay attention. >> reporter: east bay community energy does have the legal right to charge each person who opts out $5 for the privilege of doing so. but the agency has decided to waive that fee entirely until the middle of next year. >> you can do it online. go to our call center, speak with a call center operator or automated calling system to opt out. >> reporter: ebc says it will sell you powe

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we get nothing but advertisements and mailers. >>> sa republicans need to the democr the state and they like noving opinio. a one-party state. the candidate with the most money always wins. a lot of talk on this. thank you for using the hashtag and you can keep answering the questions. >>> in san francisco, voters decided large companies should pay a new tax to help fight the homeless crisis. proposition c would tax companies operating in san francisco .5% on profits over $50 million a year. supporters say that the initiative would generate $300 million a year for housing the homeless and support services. critics say that companies may react by laying off 1000 employees if they are forced to pay the tax. supporters say that big business can be part of the solution. >> there are shovel ready projects that if they had the funding, they could be built.sm businesses are impacted. >> proposition >> is getting high profile support as well as opit. salesforce ceo supports it. stomach california voters will have a chance to repeal daylight savings time next month. probably 7 would repeal the d

we have seen a lot of mailers come into the district. we know it is not true in maine.e are one of a handful of states that continues to arrive in opiate overdoses. all the experts that have spoken to me about the issue, they told me the single most important thing we can do is expand access to health care coverage, medicare expansion in 2017, it is something i've fought for in the state legislature. we need to continue to get that covered for those who are struggling with addiction. that is the first step. we have to stop the crisis today and then we can look into accountable.crisis >> ok. congress has three basic mechanisms to function. stick, putting in tax penalties, and then there is outright prohibition. there are little limits congress can do to help with opioids. is they cany can do be some funding that comes to the state of maine. taxre that recipient of dollars and need help in the area. we can retool the aca to make sure there are options to expand coverage. about the limit that you can expect from congress realistically. what you should make sure you do is w

the group has spent months sending out mailers and registering people to vote.n making sure people show up.ad >> we'vever 26,000 conversations with people who are either puerto rican or who are latino. and those conversations are based on, focused on why it's important to vote. ve>> reporter: 47-year-olde alsina understands the value of voting. in june, t mother of three ved from puerto rico to this neighborhood outside kissimmee with her ss and grandson. >> i left my family, my house, my friends, my culture. everything stay there. >> reporter: and, like many puerto ricans, she was very disappointed by the trump administration's response to hurricane maria last september. there was not a lot of help for us. there are still people suffering over there. this people over there. the house-- they don't have a roof. d fema. they went there, but they didn't help out a lot. >> reporter: the government of puerto rico says as a result of the storm, nearly 3,000 people died. president trump has rejected that number. he claims democrats inflated the death toll alsina was es

it's like send out a thousand mailers. post $1 million in assets. sounds like you care.people you were in the military. do all these things. those things were good at a time in history because they meant that you were fighting from authentic position of caring for other human beings. now we have a lot of folks who are using essentially the marketing aspect of grassroots organizing and they largely fail or waste a lot of money because they're not doing so with the authenticity that my colleagues have demonstrated in their work. a few more things. i engaged stakeholders that were pre-existing. this work is so fraught and so stressful that you may make an enemy in your work with someone who should be an ally in the same work if you do not honor and understand the work that has gone on for decades prior to you coming on the scene. as this audience is very young and we are fairly young, is totally crucial to build a grassroots movement by understanding what's there and by being extremely diplomatic. even when he don't always find a way to build a coalition or agree with your

we're seeing the mailers that have gone out calling people radicals and trying to shame people and a attack peop,, especialally womomen who are rug for office here in kentucky. so we are not immune. we are also not immune from a tax on our right to vote. i serve on the committee in frankfurt that pays attention to the electionons and to our constititution.. and even this legislative sesession, never republican lawmakers asking about how we protect the vote but it was coded link which and the wait was asked about what we can do in the futuree in taking where the right to vote. we better r pay attetention to t -- right here kenentucky. i also have to say we need to be mindful of the environment we create that allows hate to thrive. on martin luther king's we can this year, global allowed a gun show on that we can. this past weekend, , a gun show happened here in louisville after the shootings at kroger. there were christmas ornaments that were being sold with nazi symbols and images on them. we're allowing that climate here in louisville, which is supposed to be a a so-cacalled progres